Snead State Hosts Constitution Day Event

The community is invited to attend a special Constitution Day event hosted by Snead State Community College.

The event will be Monday, Sept. 19, at 10:30 a.m. in the Student Union Building on the Boaz campus.

To honor the signing of the historical document, History Instructor Grover Kitchens will read the preamble to the Constitution and share historical background on Benjamin Franklin’s role at the Constitutional Convention.

The event will also feature Speech Instructor Johnny Brewer, who will deliver excerpts from Franklin’s final speech to the Convention.

Officially Sept. 17, Constitution Day commemorates the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution by 39 men in 1787, recognizing all, who are born in the U.S.
or by naturalization, have become citizens.